香港地生活文化研究——黃惠成創作論述

Abstract

「香港地生活文化研究」是筆者一系列對香港本土文化，尤其市民日常生活中的體現，而衍生出直接並具現化的一種藝術創作行為表達，繼而生成《港式生活誌》中的各項藝術創作。其中可被分拆三個主體：香港地生活文化的生成、香港市民在日常生活中展現出何種美學、透過藝術行為再現「香港地」意義。

本研究的核心價值建構在近代香港社會大眾日常生活之習慣、行為、態度等方面。而本研究就像是一本日記簿，裡面記載一些為人熟悉，貌似虛偽而又真實的故事；背景地點是香港，主角是每一位香港人。然而筆者利用了數位影像和互動裝置作為手段，其目的在於發現市民大眾共嗚的共通因子，從中窺探出在文化霸權影響下之「香港地」的特色，嘗試歸納出香港市民日常生活中體現的其中一些有形的視覺面貌。

而在研究的過程中，筆者對所觀察到的香港市民在日常生活文化中的特徵視之為「符碼」。「符碼」的生成，主要是透過筆者以「旅行者（第三人身）」角度，把觀察後的香港社會生活文化、市民日常行為習慣作為材料，透過紀錄、收集、分拆、重構，配以自身多年對生活環境周遭變化的自身體驗感受作為調味，所孕育出的藝術創作行為。其中所運用的對象物皆被視為客觀的符號，如何構成具有價值意義的象徵物或風景是筆者情感主觀的表達；希望借以藝術創作嘗試歸納出「香港地」一些美學表現，「透視」香港地本土生活特色與價值精神。同時也期望製做出一個觀看者自我深度探索的平台與機會，給予觀眾一個深思和反省「生活意義」的空間。" The Daily Life in Hong Kong Day" is a series of art behavior focus on Hong Kong local culture, especially on the embodiment of citizens' daily life to derivative a kind of direct and instantiated art behaviour expression then to generate several arts in “Hong Kong’s Way” (Tim Wong Solo Exhibition, 2015). It can be analyzed as three main parts: generation of Hong Kong local life culture, the aesthetics that is shown by Hong Kong citizens, reproducibility of Hong Kong Day through art behaviour.

The core value of the study is built on Hong Kongers' daily life habits, behavior and attitude. This study is like a diary in which is record many stories that are familiar to Hong Kong citizens, also seems to be hypocritic yet real. The background is in Hong Kong, and the main character is every Hong Konger. However, the author finds out the common factors which are resonant with citizens and gets a glimpse of the "Hong Kong Day" style influenced by hegemony, and trying to reduce some physical appearances that are embodied in Hong Kongers' daily life by means of digital images and interactive installation.

In the study process, the author views the characteristics of the citizens’ daily life as “code”. The code is generated by the author through the “traveller (third person)” perspective to record, collect, split, and reconstruct the Hong Kong life culture and citizens’ daily behavior observed by the author and season with the personal experience and feeling of the living environment change over the years to gestate the art behavior. The objects in the study are regarded as the objective symbol; how to compose the valuable symbols or scenery is the author’s subjective expression. The author hopes to conclude the aesthetics performance of Hong Kong Day and “fluoroscope” Hong Kong Day local life style and value through the art. Meanwhile, creating a platform and opportunity for viewers' in-depth self-exploration to provide the viewers a space to ponder and reflect on "meaning of life".